1997 Mercedes Benz 300

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine › gasoline. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer1
000
Power Train1
000
Exterior Lighting1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000
Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under Dash1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Dec 2, 1999FL

REPEATED SERVICE CALLS TO CORRECT PROBLEM SINCE CAR HAD APPROXIMATEKLY 6,000 MILES. ONE SERVICE REPAIR COST $1,674. WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. NW ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED CAR BACK TO DEALER FOR SIXTH TIME CAR HAS 17, 450 MILES AT THIS TIME.

Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under Dash
Filed Apr 9, 1999PA

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 5, 1999MD

RIGHT FRONT RUNNING LIGHT FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, AFTER LAST REPAIR THE "LIGHT DEFECTIVE" DASHBOARD SIGNAL STILL WARNING OF DEFECTIVE LIGHT.

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Jun 26, 1998CA

VEHICLE HAS ONE WINDSHIELD WIPER WHICH DOES NOT SUFFICIENTLY CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Power Train
Filed Apr 6, 1998MD

THE TACHOMETER SKIPPS OVER 2,000 RPM FOR A FEEW SECONDS WHILE THE CAR CONTINUED MOVING WITHOUT ANY NOTICEABLE SURGING.

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1993
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20023000Routine
19996000Routine
19982000Routine
1997 — this page5000Routine
19968000Routine
199516020Routine
19944000Routine
199339120Routine
199222120Routine
199119220Routine
19905400Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.